Books
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Bibliography

  1. (2002)

    Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age!

  2. (1996)

    A Quiet Life

  3. (1996)

    A Healing Family

  4. (1996)

    An Echo of Heaven

  5. (1995)

    Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself

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  • Legal name: Kenzaburō Ōe
  • Birthdate: January 31, 1935 (age 77)
  • Birthplace: Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Official Website: (add)
  • Genres: War Fiction, short story essay, fiction, Japanese I Novel

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Kenzaburo Oe was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994. Oe's eldest child, Hikari, was born brain-damaged. Hikari's disability has been a recurring theme in Oe's writings.